Environmental Rules in Lakewood, NJ (2026)
4 verified environmental rules for Lakewood, New Jersey, sourced directly from the municipal code and official government pages.
Verified from official government sources
Stormwater Management
Lakewood Township requires storm drain inlets on private property to be retrofitted with debris-blocking grates whenever the surrounding surface is repaved, resurfaced or reconstructed, under Code § 32-3.3. The Municipal Engineer applies a design standard limiting grate openings, and violators face fines up to $500 per inlet.
Lakewood Storm Drain Inlet Retrofit Rule
Some RestrictionsTownship of Lakewood Code § 32-3.3
No person in control of private property (except a residential lot with one single-family house) shall authorize the repaving, repairing (excluding the repair of individual potholes), resurfacing (including top coating or chip sealing with asphalt emulsion or a thin base of hot bitumen), reconstructing or altering any surface that is in direct contact with an existing storm drain inlet on that ...
Erosion Control
Lakewood Township requires a land disturbance permit before any grading, clearing or soil disturbance begins under Code § 30-5.1. The Department of Code Enforcement and Zoning approves an erosion and sediment control plan meeting state Standards, charges $100 for the first acre and $15 per additional acre, and can fine violators $25 to $3,000 a day.
Lakewood Township Erosion Control Permit
Some RestrictionsTownship of Lakewood Code § 30-5.1
No land area shall be disturbed by any person within this Township unless the applicant has submitted to the Department Head of the Department of Code Enforcement and Zoning or his designee a plan to provide for soil erosion and sediment control for such land area in accordance with the Standards, and such plan has been approved, and a valid land disturbance permit has been issued by the Depart...
Flood Zones
Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey requires a Floodplain Administrator permit before any development in a mapped flood hazard area, based on the FEMA Flood Insurance Study for Ocean County, and bars variances in the floodway if they would raise base flood levels.
Lakewood Township Floodplain Development Permit
Significant RestrictionsTownship of Lakewood Code § 29-104.1
Any person, owner or authorized agent who intends to conduct any development in a flood hazard area shall first make application to the Floodplain Administrator and shall obtain the required permit. Depending on the nature and extent of proposed development that includes a building or structure, the Floodplain Administrator may determine that a floodplain development permit or approval is requi...
Flood Elevation Requirements
Lakewood Township, Ocean County, New Jersey requires new and substantially improved buildings in flood hazard areas to be built to a Local Design Flood Elevation that adds at least one foot of freeboard above the mapped base flood elevation, with stricter margins for AO zones and critical facilities.
Lakewood Township Flood Elevation Freeboard Rule
Significant RestrictionsTownship of Lakewood Code § 29-102.3
The Local Design Flood Elevation (LDFE) is established in the flood hazard areas determined in Section 29-102.2, above, using the best available flood hazard data sources, and the Flood Hazard Area Control Act minimum Statewide elevation requirements for the elevation of the top of lowest floors in A, and the elevation of the lowest horizontal structural member in Coastal A, and V zones, ASCE 2...